Thanks for the quick reply, Kimbro. I am very relieved. Cheers,
Vanessa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kimbro Staken wrote: > > On Saturday, June 8, 2002, at 02:28 PM, Vanessa Williams wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm wondering if anyone can ease my mind a bit about the intended strategy >> for implementing access control in Xindice. The reason I bring it up at >> all >> is that over at xmldb.org, they mention a potential ACL project with a >> proposed spec which worries me very much. The proposed (or potential) >> solution involves adding elements to the documents to be stored. If >> something like this is adopted in Xindice, it will make Xindice nearly >> useless to me :( I would much prefer just about any other scheme! >> Something, hopefully, which decouples access control from the contents of >> the documents themselves. > > That project was just an idea that was thrown out a long time ago. I don't > see it ever going anywhere. > >> >> I haven't seen a great deal of discussion on this topic here, so maybe the >> work has begun and maybe it has not. Can anyone enlighten me as to the >> direction (or current lack thereof)? As I said, if something like the xml: >> db >> idea is being supported, I'll have to find a different XML database ASAP. >> I >> would rather continue to support Xindice. >> > Everything that we've discussed in the past has been ACL outside the > document. I don't think anyone would really want it in the document. > Unfortunately, we're not making much progress at the moment. All the > critical players are a bit distracted. > >> Thanks for your time. >> >> Vanessa >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > Kimbro Staken > Java and XML Software, Consulting and Writing http://www.xmldatabases.org/ > Apache Xindice native XML database http://xml.apache.org/xindice > XML:DB Initiative http://www.xmldb.org >
